Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: I have color |
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These are colchicums. They look blueish but are pinkish purple:
The hedge is looking good:
One of the bell-heathers:
The dwarf Epimedium shows nice autumn colors, an unexpected bonus:
They promise me sun tomorrow. Then I might find more nice colors to post.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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How cheerful! 
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Autumn colours certainly cheer up a garden don't they? I love your colchicums.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Since we've been blessed with a nice afternoon, I managed to capture more color today:
Colchicum autumnale fl.pl. "Waterlily" will bloom till frost:
The latest Ligularia, with rather dark leaves:
The catnip keeps at it:
The seeds from my brown-streaked Arisema:
The yellow Echinacea. The red one won't flower this year:
This little darling Calendula has self-seeded, and is very welcome:
The alpine clematis with both flower and seed heads:
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! It's absolutely brimming with color there!
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eileen
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Your alpine clematis looks exactly the same as mine at the moment Droopy - guess we have much the same kind of weather as each other.
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stratsmom
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Love the colchicums! Mine are putting on a show this fall! Next year I want to get some of the "waterlily" ones. I think they are so fancy looking!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: |
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Thank you all.
I love my colchicums for just the reason that they bloom now. I've got white ones too, but I'm having difficulties photographing them. They turn out to be white blobs, which I don't like.
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bethie
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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Everything is looking great there. I love the colors of Autumn. I am also a fan of the waterlily colchicum. That alpine clemmie is stunning. I so love calendulas but my climate is no good for them.  But I get to see yours. 
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CritterPainter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Really lovely! So nice to see a flower-filled garden!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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just love your clematis vine, I have one similiar, its flowers are purple.
I have picked up an enchinacea plant but didn't really knew it would flower so your picture gave me insight to watch for it to flower-all very pretty flowers.
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glendann
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Oh Droopy your blooms are awesome.Your yard is so colorful.Your thumb is surely very green.
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sandyz3girlz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I am jealous of your green thumb!! Everything looks beautiful!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Thank you everybody. You are too kind.
The Calendula are the childrens' project. They grow sweet peas, carrots and Calendula (almost) every year. I believe in showing children where food actually comes from, and how they can make their own hand cream. Calendula petals, oil and bees'wax makes a good cream for children.
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